Faith Deredge ‘19 is a 2017 Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University, Beasley School of Law. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a B.A. in Criminal Justice & Criminology and Sociology. She is a member of Phi Alpha Delta, Pre Law Fraternity and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated. During her time at the University of Maryland, she interned at the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, where she analyzed and interpreted sentencing data in the state of Maryland to understand how sentencing practices disproportionately impacted minorities. She also interned with the Center for American Progress’s LGBT division, where she assisted with the research and drafting of the Center’s Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Protections Bill. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Ms. Deredge interned for the States Attorney for Montgomery County, serving as a mentor in their truancy prevention program. These experiences influenced her decision to attend law school, where her policy interests include criminal justice reform, civil rights, and LGBTQ rights.
As a Law & Public Policy scholar, Ms. Deredge is working for AEquitas, the prosecutors’ resource on violence against women, whose mission is to improve the quality of justice in sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and human trafficking cases. At Temple Law, Ms. Deredge is the Vice President of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and volunteers with the NLG expungement clinic.